Words make for entertaining photos. The words in signs. The “words” in graffiti.

I was out and about today, and here are a couple of the more amusing photos I took.

There was this, involving two glamorous women:

And this, involving another quite glamorous woman:

The first photo was taken through a shop window in Lower Marsh. That quote about Hell seems to be generic, so presumably that’s a generic woman. I had supposed it to be somebody in particular, in the way that Marilyn Monroe is somebody in particular. But, it seems not.

The second photo was taken at the southern entrance of the Peake Street graffiti tunnel. An entrance that now looks like this:

The graffiti in the tunnel, which goes under Waterloo Station, is constantly changing. Here is how some of it was looking today:

Apart from recognising a couple of Hulks there, the incredible one and Homwer Simpson, this is all a mystery to me. As I think I’ve said here before, graffiti like this has in common with Modern Art of the more usual sort in being incomprehensible to outsiders.

At the other end of the Peake Street graffiti tunnel, there is a big notice which tells everyone what the graffiti rules are.

I know what you’re thinking. Good luck with that. And if you are thinking that, you are not wrong:

Life is Beautiful!! Hm. Not so sure. But then, I am in two minds about graffiti. It’s threatening, but stylish. One moment I like how it looks. At other moments, it feels like visual bullying.

If anyone knows what this notice now says (I’m talking about the big purple “word” there), please leave a comment.